The Death of Elmer McCurdy (Maine)

Strung up in the corner of a roadside amusement park fun house was the figure of a man coated so many times with phosphorus paint that it glowed in the dimly lit space. It was alarmingly lifelike, and yet in the several years the figure was on display, no one dared question if it was anything more than a mannequin.

• Elmer Mccurdy: The Life And Afterlife Of An American Outlaw by Mark Svenvold
   

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